In “Counterfeit Spies,” Oliver Buckton shows that confusing fact and fiction is the first task of spies and second nature for novelists. Spy novels are procedurals.

Spy stories appeal to our anxieties As a genre, espionage was first born from literature, where spy novels and spy fiction grew in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, alongside increasing ...

By William James LONDON (Reuters) -Stella Rimington, the first female director general of Britain's MI5 security and counter-intelligence service who ushered in an era of greater transparency at the ...

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What's real in espionage fiction?But how much—or how little—do these notions correspond to reality? Two recent books shed light on this question. In The Book of Spies, Alan Furst has compiled ...

THE SPY COAST: A Thriller. By Tess Gerritsen. Thomas & Mercer. 364 pages. $28.99. Maggie Bird just wants to relax into a quiet retirement, raising chickens in the cold little town of Purity, Maine ...

Spy Fiction is an action-stealth game combining exciting espionage action with a thrilling story line. During your missions, you'll have to assume the identity of others and steal identifying ...

Spy fiction is a British invention. So is its less well-traveled sibling, the detective novel. A third entertainment that the British elevated into an artform is the class system.